For Immediate Release: October 6, 2025

Contact: Gage Hoekstra, Press Secretary, [email protected]

Statement from Chairwoman Keesling on Beau Bayh’s Secretary of State Announcement

Indianapolis, IN – Indiana Republican Party Chairwoman Lana Keesling released the following statement regarding the candidacy of liberal Democrat Beau Bayh for Secretary of State:

"Beau Bayh gave his first, official interview from a folding camp chair in an empty Indianapolis condo he recently rented. His verbatim quote right out of the gate was, "Gosh, I spent tons of money on furniture, which sucks, but it's coming in pieces, so hopefully by, like, mid-October, I'll be fully moved in."

When you couple that with Beau Bayh voting by mail 14-times, it leaves a lot of questions on when, exactly, he moved here from Washington, D.C.

The reality is, Beau Bayh is a Washington insider who's banking on his father's money and donors to win a race he is in no way qualified for. His professional experience amounts to clerking for a far-left Obama-appointed judge, and being a far-left political nepo baby. 

Beau is a trust fund kid who wants to pretend he's the working-class pick, and Hoosiers can see right past it. Even his own father reportedly doubts his son can win. If the Indiana Democrats' comeback plan is to reinstate the Bayh family's failed political dynasty, they really are out of ideas."

BACKGROUND …

Indianapolis Star’s liberal columnist James Briggs predicts Beau Bayh cannot win a statewide election.“I would not put money on Beau Bayh winning a statewide election in Indiana next year.” (The Indianapolis Star, 09/03/25)

Even his father, Evan Bayh has doubts his son can win. “Beau Bayh is taking on Diego Morales in a Republican-dominated state — and even his father, former U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, has doubts.”  (The Indianapolis Star, 10/06/25)  

Beau Bayh is running on the name of a man who Hoosier's rejected because he was out of touch. “Bayh's dynastic lineage is weakened currency. Voters rejected Evan Bayh when he attempted a political comeback in 2016, losing the U.S. Senate race to Todd Young. Evan Bayh came across as out of touch at the time.” (The Indianapolis Star, 09/03/25)

Beau Bayh clerked for a liberal judge appointed by Barack Obama. “Our son, Beau, was selected by Judge David Hamilton of the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals for a clerkship following his graduation from @Harvard_Law next May.” (Evan Bayh, Facebook, Accessed 10/06/25)

According to the Indianapolis Star, Beau Bayh is banking on access to his father’s money and liberal fundraising network. “Bayh would have access to his father's cash and a fundraising network unavailable to almost any other conceivable first-time Democratic candidate.” (The Indianapolis Star, 09/03/25)

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